Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Sifawa, the Secretary to the Sokoto State Government, lost his daughter and three grandchildren to a fire outbreak in the early hours of Monday.
The incident took place at the home of his daughter, a housewife to the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Sports and Youths Development, Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello.
The fire, which started in the wee hours of the night, engulfed the entire house while the family was sleeping. Unfortunately, only the husband, Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello, survived the inferno.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the cause of the fire is still under investigation, as men of the state fire service battled for hours to bring the fire under control.
The remains of the deceased housewife and her three children are scheduled for burial at Sheikh Shehu Usmanu Danfodiyo Mosque Sifawa at about midnight today. The burial will take place at the family home of the SSG.
(Politics Nigeria)